Poseidon ROG or Rog with an aftermarket waterblock

[Ninjasupahsquid]

I have a dilemma

 

I want to watercool my graphics card but I dont know which card to pick... I was going to get this grapics card VVVVV

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814126186&cm_re=1080ti_o11g-_-14-126-186-_-Product

 

and add these

 

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc1080-gtx-ti-strix-nickel-rev-2-0?___store=default

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc1080-gtx-ti-strix-backplate-black-rev-2-0?___store=default

 

For a grand total of 

 

$829.99 (Card)

$149.99 (Waterblock)

$40.99 (Backplate)

 

$1,020.97

 

and then I saw this VVVVV

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814126202

 

And this card has all of that prebuilt (with a higher overclock speed) for $50 more

$1,099.99

 

Here is the specs of the cards

 

ASUS ROG GeForce GTX 1080 Ti DirectX 12 STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING11GB 352-Bit GDDR5X

• 11GB 352-Bit GDDR5X
• Core Clock 1594 MHz (OC mode)
• 1569 MHz (Gaming mode)
• Boost Clock 1708 MHz (OC mode)
• 1683 MHz (Gaming mode)
• 1 x DVI-D 2 x HDMI 2.0 2 x DisplayPort 1.4
• 3584 CUDA Cores
• PCI Express 3.0

 

ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 TI 11GB Platinum Edition DP HDMI DVI Gaming Graphics Card (ROG-POSEIDON-GTX1080TI-P11G-GAMING)

• 11GB 352-Bit GDDR5X
• Core Clock 1620 MHz (OC mode)
• 1594 MHz (Gaming mode)
• Boost Clock 1733 MHz (OC mode)
• 1708 MHz (Gaming mode)
• 1 x Dual-link DVI-D 2 x HDMI 2.0 2 x DisplayPort 1.4
• 3584 CUDA Cores
• PCI Express 3.0

 

another reason I am considering the Poseidon over the other card is that This is my first watercooled build and I don't want to mess up the grapics card... and It would be easier to install... What do you guys think

 

P.S. Here is a list of the build... it does contain the Poseidon but if Enough people tell me to get the other one I will switch it over

Component Type	Model	Price
CPU	Ryzen 7 2700X	$319.99
Thermal Paste	Arctic Silver - 5 High Density Polysynthetic Silver	$5.95
Motherboard	Asus Rog Crosshair VII Hero	$299.99
MonoBlock	EK-FB Asus C6H RGB Monoblock	$149.99
Ram	G Skill Trident Z RGB 4x8GB 32GB Ram	$409.99
Storage	WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB PC SSD - M.2 Solid State Drive - WDS100T2B0B	$229.99
Graphics Card (Built In Watercooling)	ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 TI	$1,099.99
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400S	$89.99
Reservoir/Pump Combo	EK-XREZ 140 Revo D5 RGB	$179.99
Radiator	EK-CoolStream SE 360	$74.99
Fans RAD	3 MasterFan Pro 120 Air Pressure RGB	$39.99
Fans Case	3 MasterFan Pro 120 Air Pressure RGB	$39.99
Power Supply	CORSAIR HX Series HX850	$159.99
Cooling Liquid	EK-CryoFuel Clear Concentrate	$9.99
Hardline Tubing	3x EK-HD Tube 10/12mm 500mm (2 pcs)	One: $7.99 Three: $23.97
Fittings	30x EK-HDC Fitting 12mm G1/4 - Black	One: $6.99 Thirty: $209.70
90 Degree angle fittings	10x EK-AF Angled 90° 2F G1/4 Black	One: $6.99 Ten: $69.90
N/A	2x EK-Cable Y-Splitter 3-Fan PWM	One: $3.99 Two: $7.98
N/A	EK-ATX Bridging Plug	$2.49

 

 

-Many Thanks 

Ninjasupahsquid

Pronounced (Ninja - Super - Squid) With emphasis on the UH in super

 

 

[Airdragonz]

The poseidon is definitely more beginner friendly, but the potential temperatures is greater than installing your own ekwb block. You can likely overclock core speeds on both cards to 2050mhz depending on the cooling potential of your loop. Installing your own waterblock will allow you to use something like liquid metal, which will decrease temperatures even more. But of course installing your own waterblock has increased risks. 

Edit: I installed a custom waterblock with liquid metal on my EVGA FTW3 on my first watercooling rig and everything works fine, but I did take my time and took necessary precautions

Edited June 13, 2018 by Airdragonz

[Dschijn]

Some Poseidon cards are cooling very badly!

[Tech22]

The ASUS Poseidon cards cool worse than aftermarket blocks, have aluminum air cooling fins in conjunction with a copper block, and have issues on some batches of cards. It is always recommended to get your own block and install it yourself, they usually have too much thermal paste on them as well. They are a massive 2.5 slot card, opposed to a 2 or even 1 slot card if you go with an aftermarket block on certain cards. The fins are also ALUMINUM, and in some areas contact the copper, which you may be ok with, as it would take MUCH longer to corrode because oxygen is the medium of particle transfer (gas), versus a water-like substance (liquid). I personally wouldn't. I would recommend a Heatkiller block from Watercool or an EK block. The EVGA FTW3 has a better vrm (doubled load-balanced 10+2 phase = true 5+2 phase, but the 5 is doubled to 10) vs the asus strix (same VRM as Poseidon, Regular doubled 10 phase = true 5 phase X2) and a better warranty, so I would take that instead. The Poseidon also is reported to have some VRM issues.